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specificationofnettersratent Naaesadatednecempereg isau To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. CARTER, of Franklin, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Clothes- Vlashing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the'same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichp.

Figure l, is a side sectional view of my invention taken in the line w, Fig. 3. Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view of the same, taken in the line y, y, Fig. 3. Fig. 3, a plan or top view of the same. V

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of an inclined corrugated washboard placed within a box or suitable suds-recep tacle and used in connection with areciproeating rubber-frame and rubbers,`the `whole being arranged substantially as hereinafter described, whereby the desired work may be done with facility and in a thorough man? f ner, the several portions of each piece or ar- Y ticle to be washed which require an excess of rubbing being subjected to a requisite degree of friction and to more or less rubbing as may be required without subjecting to an undue treatment other portions not requiring it.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a box whichmay be of rectangular form and provided with a bed B, which when open is supported by rests a connected to the box by hinges so that they may be folded snugly against the box when the lid is closed and the machine notin use.` The box A, may be of wood and of any suitable dimensions.

Within the box A, tooinclined bars b, b, are placed. Between the bars b, b, which may be of wood the wash board C, is placed.

and firmly secured. Thiswash board may be of glass, at least that would be the preferable material although metal or wood might be used. The wash board is fluted or corrugated transversely and may be of any suitable length. The outer side of each bar b, is

grooved longitudinally as shown plainly at c, in Fig. 2, and on each bar a slide D, is placed, said slides being provided with lips which fit into the grooves and serve to keep the slides in proper position on the bars b, b.

E. To the slides D, a frame F, is attached The slides D, areconnected atraverse ban g, g, to receive rubbersG, H, which may. be y l of wood or other suitablematerial and `provided with a corrugated or luted surface at their face side. desired have their face sides covered with an elastic substance as india rubberor asimilar I do nothowever confine `myself to article. any particular. arrangement of the rubbing surfacesof the rubbers G, H; Y l l These rubbers may )also `if y The operation isas follows:The box A, "l

is supplied with a requisite quantity of suds` y and the clothes are placed over the `bar E,

and underneath the rubber H, between said` y rubber and wash board C. The frame F,`is then movedup and `down by hand thefop`` erator pressing on the frame so as to subject` the clothes to the requisite pressure and fricl tion. It is designed` that the rubberH, will perform the mostof the work, but, there are certain articles, such as" shirts, for instance, l which have portions that require to bel operated on morelthan others Vas the wrist-` bands and collars.` `'lhese parts may be portions of the piece not to `be acted on being placed over the traverse bar f, ofthe frame i F, and over the,` top of the rubber H. By pressing the rubber G, against f, the clothes 851@ thoroughly cleansed `by the rubber gG, `the are firmly retained inposition or held while being acted on. `Byhavingthe frameF, a

hinged to the slides D, the clothes maybe readily adjustedin theframeand detached 1 therefrom. l

The invention it willbeiseen cannot as in a majority of clothes-washing machines injure the clothes fori the pressure maybe graduated as desired and with as eat a nicety as if the lists were applied directly to the work, as inthe old laborious `manual a l process and any portions of the clothes `that may require to be operated on more than another may be treated as required without Y a subjecting the other portions to an unneces- 105,

sary friction and wear.

I do not claim separately and broadlyany l individual part herein described, but,

Having thus described my invention, what I do claim as new and desire to secure` by Letters Patent, is-` t l. The inclined wash board C, fitted beg Y meas tween Ways or guides b, b, 'which haveY a rubbers G, H, fitted Within the hinged resliding or reciprocating rubber frame F, ciprocating frame F, and used in connection 10 fitted on them by being hinged to slides D, with the inclined Wash-board C, for the pur- D, the above parts being fitted Within a pose specified.

suitable boX or suds-receptaeie A, and ar- C. CARTER. ranged to operate as and for the purpose Witnesses: set forth. AUGUSTUS EHINGER,

2. I further claim the arrangement of the Y H. P. SHADLE. 

